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During the past year By-laws with regard to Houses Divided into
Separate Tenements and let in lodgings, or occupied by members of
more than one family, were approved by the Ministry of Health, and
a register of these houses is now being prepared.
Draft By-laws with regard to Sanitary Conveniences and House
Drainage were under consideration during the year, and various
recommendations have been forwarded to the Metropolitan Standing
Joint Committee.
During the year the alterations at the Disinfecting Station were
completed. The stable is now turned into a garage for two motor
vans, to take the place of the old horse vans. Particulars of
Cleansing and disinfection, both of premises and of articles at the
Station, and the cleansing of persons will be found on pages 68 to 73.
The fullest use has been made of the powers given to the Council
for the purpose of the Protection of Foodstuffs from Contamination.
The Council has, from time to time, drawn attention to the various
directions in which these powers should be extended. Sampling in
order to prevent adulteration and the presence of poisonous substances
such as arsenic on apples, and lead in lemonade, has
been carried out as usual throughout the year. In particular, attention
has been drawn to contamination of ice cream, many samples
of badly contaminated ice cream having been taken during the year,;
and it was recommended by the Council that ice cream manufacturers
and sellers should be compulsorily registered and inspected with the
same care as vendors of milk.
The conditions under which milk is sold have received the same
careful attention as in the past. The opportunity was taken of the
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, to induce persons already registered
under the old Orders and the 1908 General Powers Act to conform
to the standard laid down by the Public Health Committee in July,
1921, after which date all applications for registration were refused
unless the applicants agreed to comply with various sanitary requirements.
The Council again expressed the opinion that milk churns
should be sealed in railway transit.